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Wow!!

Jeff, This is who the outfitter uses for all his clients.

My taxidermist in the states is going to personally take it to the tannery and speak with them about it.

I feel it is the taxidermist's job to make sure the hides are dried properly as I paid him for more than inspecting and crating them. At this time I will not disclose who I used as I want to give him a chance to respond.

Brickburn, Those are my thoughts as well. I have dried many hides on my own and they all have been better than that and I am not a professional .

That is what I was thinking as well Phil.

My crate arrived from South Africa so I went to my taxidermist to have him open and go over it with me. I have 7 animals dipped and packed with 5 hides. My kudu arrived with some flesh still attached to the hide and mold on it. Both of my impala skulls still had some flesh and dead bugs all over...

Ridge, Are you clearing your shipment yourself?

Ok. I am familiar with them. Nice bull!!

Very nice sir!!

Very nice!! Who did your taxidermy?

Very Nice!!

Not an issue if you use it as one of your 2 allowed checked bags.

Thank you

My PH and his family are extremely concerned with the current actions of the government. They are 5 generations on their land so I would think they would know when to be concerned or not. I hope it doesn't happen!!

Just a little fyi. Many years ago while stationed in Alaska I developed numbness on the left side of my face below my eye through my jaw hence the what you guys call lack of a smile. I hear it a lot but I just ignore it 99.9% 0f the time. Trust me I was excited and definitely smiling on the...

It was definitely a great first day and I want to go back but not real sure with the way the government wants to take land from the farmers.

This trip with Iliwa Safaris was top notch from start to finish!! This family is honest and makes the whole day very enjoyable from start to finish. I highly recommend them if you are looking for plains game and like to laugh. I will be talking about this trip for quite some time.

Day 8 we were back after the warthog and this time we were successful on them as well as taking another impala on our last day of hunting before heading to Capetown for a few days before flying home.

Day 7 We were back after warthog with no luck but did harvest another springbuck.

Day 6 we took the day off from hunting and headed to Addo and cheetah breeding sanctuary. We saw so many warthogs at Addo that I was going crazy as I really wanted one but they had eluded me so far.

Day 5 we went after Warthog and saw 20 but unable to harvest one but it was another great day watching animals.

Day 4 we woke up to rain so hunting was delayed until the afternoon at which time we tried to find a springbuckk and warthog. After many failed stalks I found and successfully harvested a springbuck right before sunset.

Day 3 we headed off of the 22,000 acre farm to look for gemsbuck. We hiked 5 miles through the mountains with no luck but did see more kudu, impala,blue wildebeest and blonde wildebeest.

The second day started out with me harvesting a nice impala. We spent the rest of the day sightseeing and looking for warthogs. We saw a few warthogs but all were too small or sows. We did see plenty of other animals including giraffe and the black eagle.

Well my wife and I just returned from our first trip to South Africa and it far exceded our expectations. Our first hunt day included me shooting a nice kudu and a bushpig which I really knew nothing about until it came running down a mountain side and my PH Francois suggested we pursue him...

Update: I took my rifle with no extra charge and everything went smooth. Trip update to come as I just got home.

Your case is pretty close to mine. When do you leave? I am extremely curious to see what they tell you.

I hear you.What are the overall measurements of your case? Let me know if you get charged.

Is there a difference with what class you fly as we are flying economy?

I am booked on Emirates for next week. The problem is that I do not want to get to the ticket counter and then get nailed with the extra charge. I will try and talk with a real person if I can find a phone number that someone will answer.

What are the measurements of a tuffpac?

That is the difference between delta and Emirates. They confirmed what their calculator said. My case is 52" long and nothing crazy.

I just confirmed with emirates and that is the charge. Don't fly emirates if you want to take firearm. Already learning lessons and I haven't even left. I hope it doesn't continue. The gun stays home!!

I have all paperwork but just did oversize calculations for a 52" double case and it came out to $250 each way. Crazy!! I won't pay that.

My calculations have me paying $250.00 each way on Emirates air from Seattle to Johannesburg to take my rifle as over. That does not include $130 I am paying for help at the airport and fee to get it to Port Elizabeth. Is this right?

That is awesome Hogpatrol!!

I will be hunting gemsbuck,kudu,impala and warthog.

I did all bookings on my own. I have shot from sticks for years and yes I am taking my own gun.